. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. CRAXBERRY CRANBERRY 391 for planting, but now cuttings are employed. These cut- tings are 6- or 8-inoh pieces of vigorous runners, with the leaves on. They are thrust obliquely through the sand, only an inch or two of
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. CRAXBERRY CRANBERRY 391 for planting, but now cuttings are employed. These cut- tings are 6- or 8-inoh pieces of vigorous runners, with the leaves on. They are thrust obliquely through the sand, only an inch or two of the top remaining un- covered. They are set about 14 inches apart each way. In three or four years a full crop Is obtained. The bogs are kept i-h'an by iiifaiis luind weeding. At Cape Cod, it is cstiiiiiitiMl tliMt 111.' sum .)£ $300 to $500 per acre is required t" tit iuilaiit a bug. A good yield from a bog ill full bearing is 5U barrels to the acre ; but 200 barrels have been grown. In New Jersey, the general tendency is to omit the sanding. The bogs are not cleared so carefully. The plants are often set directly in the earth bottom, after the heavy turf is removed. The bogs âoi meadows, as they are usually called âare not kept «io sciupii lously clean It is thought that a re isonable quan tity of glass pre\cnts scalding ot the hemes If the ^ bee ome by the form of the berry, âthe bell-shaped (Fig. 570), the bugle-shaped (Fig. 571), and the cherry-shaped (Fig. 572). There are many named varieties in each of these classes, differing in size, color, firmness, keeping qualities, productiveness. These varieties have been selected from plants which have appeared naturally in the bogs. Some of tlit-in have been discovered in wild bogs. The <liinamls (it the market, as respects varie- ties, are emistaiitly â hanging. In Massachusetts, the fol- lowing varieties are now popular: Early Black, Howe, Matthews, McFarlin. The Cranberry is now a staple article of food
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